The Fiery Angel (opera)
| The Fiery Angel | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Sergei Prokofiev | |
Scene in a 1973 production, photographed by Paolo Monti | |
| Native title | Огненный ангел (Ognenny angel) |
| Librettist | Prokofiev |
| Language | Russian |
| Based on | The Fiery Angel by Valery Bryusov |
| Premiere | |
The Fiery Angel (Russian: Огненный ангел, romanized: Ognenny angel), Op. 37, is an opera by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. The opera was composed between 1919 and 1927. It was premiered posthumously in 1955 in Venice, in Italian. The work was not presented to Russian audiences until the 1990s, most notably by the Mariinsky Theatre, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.